Fuller is such a force of nature as a filmmaker that it's not at all a surprise how modern and different his films look even today. In the case of this western, Fuller is pure cinematic energy and bravado shots (like the longest tracking shot ever done at Fox Studios at the time), with a gorgeous use of the Cinemascope format and a lot of emotion and class. Barbara Stanwyck is perfect in her role, but the coolness of Barry Sullivan (as a kind of Wyatt Earp character) and his famous "long walk" is even more remarkable. The end is a little underwhelming, but it doesn't change the cult classic quality of the film.
Review of Forty Guns
